It is said that the DNA of dogs living today matches 99% of the DNA of gray wolves.
Perhaps humans domesticated gray wolves and they became dogs.
Hunters threw leftover scraps to wolves after catching reindeer or large animals..
Wolves solved the problem of leftovers..
Cold winter..
Hunters would have gone into the fields to hunt, and
wolves who learned that they could get bones and meat from hunters
cleverly followed them..
When a reindeer herd was found,
the wolves behind them would drop some of the reindeer from the herd.
The reindeer separated from the herd would die by the hunter's bow and arrow,
and the carcasses of the reindeer left by humans became the wolves'.
That's how humans and wolves started a dangerous cohabitation(?) and
over generations, wolves who wagged their tails at humans began to appear.
Wolves became dogs.
Dogs helped with hunting..protected hunters from danger..
and got safe and continuous food.
Time passed,
and the era of companion animals arrived.
Dogs, called family, are given
good clothes..nutritious food..and grooming services befitting the name "family".
Humans command: Sit..
And they sit slightly in response to the command.
Sometimes they stand on two legs,
and when they're in a good mood, they even walk on two legs.
People are moved by this sight..hug their dogs and put food in their mouths..
Some dogs are treated even better than family members.
A gray wolf that followed hunters 10,000 years ago and separated reindeer from the herd,
and a pet dog now showing off its tricks in front of people..
And..humans..Homo sapiens.
Who tamed whom?
Humans tamed gray wolves and companion dogs appeared.
Humans threw food to gray wolves, and they wagged their tails. We think.
But from the perspective of the gray wolf, it may have just been a casual wag.
But..
wagging its tail meant that humans would give them food..
It's probably not much different even now.
Sit..
That's no big deal..
They sit slightly.
Then humans just give them food.
Who tamed whom?
But in fact, it doesn't seem important in this age..
We live by taming each other..
That..
is probably the same for humans.
Ah, come to think of it,
I thought I was brainwashing readers all along,
but maybe..
readers were brainwashing me with their expressions and comments.
